The 2018 Dayton Hamvention is over! The weather was normal for Hamvention with rain and cold then heat, humidity, and the threat of severe weather. It was great to meet with the many Handiham Program members who stopped by the booth. Jim Perry, KJ3P, even stopped by to visit! He is a Handiham celebrity whose voice is well-known because of all the reading he has done both for the Handiham Program and NLS Talking Book program. During a short period when I had to leave our booth due to threatening severe weather (our booth was in a tent), I was able to meet with Gordon West, a Kenwood technician, the ladies from the YLRL, and a representative of K2BSA. The trip was a great success, and I look forward to next year.

I have been staying busy working the bugs out of the new website. I always appreciate your feedback. If you notice something you like or something that just does not seem to work quite right, please keep me informed. The Handiham Program website is meant to be accessible and relevant to the amateur radio hobby and people with disabilities; but, to make that a reality, I need input from Handiham Program members.

I The office will be closed on Monday, May 28, for the remembrance of Memorial Day in the US. Nancy and I will be in the office during our usual hours for the remainder of the week.

Nancy has finished adding the hundreds of members into the new website. If you have a current Handiham Program membership and are unable to log in, please contact her for assistance. Remember, if you need to update anything like your contact information, call sign, license class, membership, or members only log-in information, you can email us at handiham@allina.com.

In the E-Letter this week, we have several links for getting started with Arduino, stories from the Dayton Hamvention, and information on adaptive gaming, along with the other articles usually found in Handiham World.

Do you have a story to share about assistive technology or ham radio related activities? Please send your articles and stories via email to Lucinda.Moody@allina.com or by calling me at 612-775-2290.

Here are the latest updates on the new Handiham.org website. Don’t forget to monitor the site for updates throughout the week. When changes are made, I will post to the website. Also, you can subscribe to the category specific RSS feeds to keep up on the website activity.

I will be adding the General and Extra Class license material to the new site this week. Also, a cookie notification has been added to make the site compliant with the new GDPR requirements.

Interview of the Week

Due to Hamvention, there is no interview this week. Stay tuned for a new one next week!

Ham Radio in the News

Dayton Hamvention News Roundup

The ARRL posted news roundups for each of the days at Hamvention. They talked about various events such as the robotics contest, the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding between SATERN and the ARRL, and all the new products that manufacturers debuted at the event. If you were unable to attend Hamvention in person, check out these articles and the links to the podcasts where you can hear interviews and get a taste of all that took place in Xenia, OH.

Equipment connections are happening, and the list is open! If you have a request for the Equipment Connection, contact me, leaving your name and phone number. I will call you to discuss your request. Please note that it may take several days for a return call due to all the other things going on in the Handiham Program. If you don’t hear back from me after two weeks, you may contact me a second time. Additionally, if you have received any equipment from the Handiham Program during the last 12 months, you will automatically be placed at the bottom of the list so that others can also participate in the Equipment Connection.

Many thanks to the numerous people who have offered equipment for Handiham Members. If you have equipment that you would like to donate to a Handiham Program member, please email Lucinda at Lucinda.Moody@allina.com or call 1-612-775-2290.

Check into our Handiham nets… Everyone is welcome!

How to find the Handiham Net:

The Handiham EchoLink conference is 494492. Connect via your iPhone, Android phone, PC, or on a connected simplex node or repeater system in your area.

The Handiham Net will be on the air daily. If there is no net control station on any scheduled net day, we will have a roundtable on the air get-together.

Our daily Echolink net continues to operate for anyone and everyone who wishes to participate at 11:00 hours CDT (Noon Eastern and 09:00 Pacific), as well as Wednesday evenings at 19:00 hours CDT (7 PM). If you calculate GMT, the time difference is that GMT is five hours ahead of Minnesota time during the summer.

Doug, N6NFF, poses a trivia question in the first half of the Wednesday evening session, so check in early if you want to take a guess. The answer to the trivia question is generally given shortly after the half-hour mark. A big THANK YOU to all of our net control stations and to Michael, VE7KI, the Handiham Radio Club Net Manager.

Membership

You can pay your Handiham dues and certain other program fees on line. Simply follow the link to our secure payment site, then enter your information and submit the payment.

Note: Mondays through Thursdays between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM United States Central Time are the best times to contact us.

You may also call Handiham Program Coordinator Lucinda Moody, AB8WF, at: 612-775-2290.

73, and I hope to hear you on the air soon!

For Handiham World, this is Lucinda Moody, AB8WF

The weekly e-letter is a compilation of software tips, operating information, and Handiham Program news. It is published on Wednesdays, and is available to everyone free of charge. Please email handiham@allina.com for changes of address, unsubscribes, etc. Include your old email address and your new address.